The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces an opportunity for a one-year fellowship which focuses on early German and early Netherlandish painting

Job description

Art Historian Internship with Dr. Maryan Ainsworth, Curator, European Paintings Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
$30,000. stipend, $5,000. travel grant, and $1500. for reimbursable health insurance. Begin September 2010 for 1-year appointment. Ph.D. candidate level with specialized knowledge of 15th-16th century northern European painting. Advanced language proficiency in German, French, and Dutch needed. Train in an interdisciplinary approach joining art historical concerns with the technical investigation of paintings; 2010-2011 project emphasis on exhibition on Jan Gossaert and on cataloguing of the early German and early Netherlandish paintings.

Please send letter of interest including courses taken, relevant experiences, and future goals; curriculum vitae; 3 letters of recommendation to:

Marcie Karp
c/o Grants Office
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10028

Application Deadline: November 6, 2009